Peers have made a strong and sustained case throughout the passage of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill to ensure nature is protected. In response to cross-party amendments led by P4P Peers, the Government has today confirmed that its new strategic approach, which would allow developers to offset environmental harms by contributing to a central fund for nature recovery elsewhere, will only be used where it is safe for nature - a vital step towards ensuring development and

As the Planning and Infrastructure Bill approaches its final stages in the House of Lords, Peers have secured a major step forward to ensure our planning system can support economic growth and the environment . The UK urgently needs new homes and infrastructure. But we must also protect the nature that makes our communities healthy, resilient and thriving. These aren’t competing priorities. They go hand-in-hand. That’s why we were so pleased to see our Chair, Baroness Kathy W

The Planning and Infrastructure Bill  reaches its final stages in the Lords next week – a crucial moment to ensure the planning system works not only for growth, but also for our climate, natural environment, and the health of our communities. Professor Baroness Kathy Willis, Chair of Peers for the Planet  and Professor of Biodiversity at Oxford University, is leading an amendment to ensure that, as we  construct the 1.5 million homes and new towns the government has promise